The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-07
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Local and state Notes.

Local and State Notes.
D. D. Allen was yesterday appointed agent of
the Vandalia at Greennp, ILL.,
II. D. Hammond. receiver of the l., d. & S.
road, returned to New York last evening.
The Cambridge City car-works repairing
several hundred coal cars for Plttsburg parties
A movement is foot to form a company to
work the nliania coal mines on the l., D. % >.
road.
NJ S. Corners. master of transportation on
the c.. H. s. l., is so i'll as to conine him at
nome
c. e. Henderson. receiver of the l.. B. q W.,
is so i'll that he is confined to the house much OF
the time.
The Lafayette car-works are building $50 coal
cars for the Chicago 81 Eastern Illinois road.
twenty-five tons capacity.
Receiver McNulta is expanding several thou
sand dollars IN improving the terminal facilities
OF the Wabash road at Toledo
Saturday last was the banner day on the Van
dala road. There were handled the main
line and the I. II. & L. division 7,477 passen-
gers.
j. D. Thomas, in charge of the shops ETC.. OF
| the Lake Erie 81 Western road at this point
who has been seriously ill with typhoid fever for
| some weeks, is about again.
Geo. FL. Daniels, vice-chairman of the Central
! Traffic Association, has called meeting Of the
members of the passenger department of the as
| ISOLATION at his rooms, Ocr H.
On the first of this month three conductors.
namely, d. w. Bachelor Thomas Perkins and
| Ell. W. Dean. left the VandalIa road and went
| South to take positions on the Alabama s. Great
| Southern road.
vanced eleven points since the statement of
| President Ingalls, made public. and there
seems to be little doubt to its reaching par
before New Years.
The Lafayette Car-works Company at their
/ shops in Lafayette, employ 600 men. and at their
branch works in Lima 800 men. and have orders
on hand and in prospect that will keep them
| busy for four months to come.
| Ex-Couductor William Smith of the 7
| St. L. & c., will be buried to-day at Spring
Grove. Cincinnati. A number of his friends in
this city will 90 down this morning to Sunman,
! his late residence, TO attend the funeral
" The Indiana Midland will next week begin to
run their trains regularly into Ladoga where
connection is made with the L.. N. A. & c. The
two companies will work Louisville business
and have prepared rates and divisions SO to do.
| Norman Beckley, general manager of the Gin
cinnat Wabash q Michigan road, was in the
! city yesterday looking matters He says
| the talk of their building into indianapolis is
| premature. but be hopes some time SO desirable
| an extension will be built.
The Wabash proper earned the fourth week in
| September $50 900 more than in the correspond
| ing week in 1885, The impression prevails that
it would be better to leave the road in the hands
! of Receiver McNulta. at time in its his
| tory did the road earn as much, nor has it
| rapidly paid off its just debts.
j. W. Sherwood, superintendent of the c., l.,
st. L. & c., leaves for the Pacific coast Sun
day night He expects to be gone month He
| goes at the urgent request of President Ingalls,
| who says he is entitled to good rest, SO able
| was his management of the business of the road
during the time Mr.. ingalls, was in Europe.
Freight traffic is so heavy with the Vandalia
and the l. d ST L. that both roads putting
on additional train Pacific coast bust
ness is heavy beyond precedent and promises to
| be for some time to come, and with this u-
crease cars of the transcontinental lines are be-
coming quite numerous in this section. The
new "A. T. & S. F. cars, as fast as turned out at
| the Indianapolis car-works. find immediate serv-
ice.
| The scaIpers have got hold of a large number
| of the tickets sold to the @. A. r. eneampment
| at St. Louis, and as they good until the 31st
| of October. the scalpers can use them to advan-
| tage, unless they strike some timid party who
| dares not travel on them on An assumed name.
| The conductors are daily putting off persons,
calling on them for their full fare, who at
tempting to ride the name of the original
| purchaser of the ticket.
The Pennsylvania company is reaching out
for more coal fields in Pennsylvania. Among
new lines proposed is from Lehighton, on
the Lehigh Valley railrod, to Schuylkill Haven,
wnere profitable anthracite tonnage will be
secured. Reading owned such line as
the above. The Pennsylvania. it is also under
stood, is about to commence track laying on the
Shenandoah branch of its SchuylkilI Valley
line. 1t has also made surveys for branch lines
to the anthracite tract on Broad mountain.
The annual report of the Chicago 6 Eastern
Illinois road just published, shows that the
passenger earnings IN the fiscal year just ended
increased 14k per cent. ana the freight earnings
IL per cent, there were 383 per cent. more
preceding, and the tonnage OF freight increased
1S3 per cent Had the which in
vogue prior to the taking effect of the interstate
law been in force the earnings Of the last five
months of the fiscal year would have boon 10
per cent. larger.
The Chicago g Atlantic management have
adopted the policy of settling with parties in
jured on their trains or tracks, whether en-
ployes or passengers, as early as possible rather
than enter into expensive lawsuits and they
find that thousands of dollars be saved an
before
are begun. This road has been quite exempt
from serious accidents. yet the best OF roads
have numerous cases annually where damages
are claimed, which can be easier settled before
the courts are sought.
few business men, one of them coal-dcal-
err, are taking soundings looking to the forming
of company to build another road to the Clay
county block-coal mines, to be used especially
a coal road. They meet with little encourage
ment among coal-dealers, they we'll know
that President MeKesn is disposed to give as
low the T. Fl. 81 /. road as the cost of
trans portarion will bear. This is evidenced
from the fact that few years ago the rate from
Brazil to Indianapolis on block coal was 81. %
per ton, now it is but GO cents per ton.
The demand for coal cars to load for the West
with anthracite coal is large beyond precedent.
Western agents daily receiving kilograms
from trunk line agents urging them to forward
cars. either loaded or empty. expeditiously as
possible to IN part stop the clamor for cars.
Shipments of merchandise, as well, are heavy be-
yond parallel, and it is stated that thousands
more of cars could now be used proftahly. The
fact that Western roads have adopted the policy
of keeping their own at home for their own
local service much to do with the scarcity
of on roads east of Cleveland and Pitts
burg
General and miscellaneous.
The Rio Grande tunnel. at Glenwood Col,
will be completed this week, and Monday next
trains will begin to run to Glenwood
The Chicago. Milwaukee 6 St. Paul road is
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